Chapter 42

Natalie

One Year Later

Timing is everything.

After I declared that Noah and I were done and over, Noah found out the truth. His mother, Cynthia, had bribed the doctor into giving him a false paternity test answer.

Emma is one-hundred percent his daughter.

But are we together? No. I decided that Noah and I together would lead to a toxic relationship. I expected too much from him, and it felt like he was forcing himself to like me for Emma's sake.

Today I'm happily engaged to Alaric Caspen, the lawyer I dated before Noah whisked me away. I'm happy with him, content. He makes me feel safe. I'm pregnant again, and we are soon getting married.

But he isn't Noah.

I will never admit it to anyone other than myself, but Noah isn't someone I will forget. Noah is the father of my child, of whom we have shared custody over. He is a hurricane that swept into my life and changed me for the better.

He is also the person I sometimes look at and think, "What if he never was in that accident?"

But it